What Do YOU Call This Food?

[R_J_K75]

Do you like Fritos?

Nope I don't like them at all, nor do I like Funyuns, Hot Fries, Cheetos or Pringles. I'd bet there more chemicals than natural ingredients and they taste like it to me. They're the Darth Vader of snack foods.

 

[Umbran]

..., but it hurts my heart to hear people say it looks disgusting. Do you like chili? Do you like Fritos? Cheese? Then odds are good you'll like a Frito Pie.

Presentation matters.

I used to help run weekend-long Paranoia games, in which we served "food", that came from R&D in VAT sector. You can present good food and easily make it look disgusting.

Present it in such a way as the person figures that chili is a step on the worse side of what slides out of a Hormel can, and yeah, they aren't gonna think good thoughts.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'd bet there more chemicals than natural ingredients and they taste like it to me. They're the Darth Vader of snack foods.

Well, let's take a look.

In the upper-right corner of the bag, it says there are only three ingredients.

Ingredients: Corn, Corn Oil, and Salt.​

I'm not saying they're a health food...but as far as packaged snacks go, you could do a lot worse than Fritos.

 

[Umbran]

I'd bet there more chemicals than natural ingredients and they taste like it to me.

Oh. You'd be wrong there. The bag in my pantry reads: corn, vegetable oil, and salt.

Which is not to say you have to like them, or that they are good for you. But they aren't chemical-laden.

 

[R_J_K75]

In the upper-right corner of the bag, it says there are only three ingredients.

Ingredients: Corn, Corn Oil, and Salt.
I'm not saying they're a health food...but as far as packaged snacks go, you could do a lot worse than Fritos.

Oh. You'd be wrong there. The bag in my pantry reads: corn, vegetable oil, and salt.

Which is not to say you have to like them, or that they are good for you. But they aren't chemical-laden.

Fair enough, I stand corrected

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Presentation matters.

 

[TiQuinn]

The first is a walking taco. The delivery mechanism makes the difference.

 

[MGibster]

Nope I don't like them at all, nor do I like Funyuns, Hot Fries, Cheetos or Pringles. I'd bet there more chemicals than natural ingredients and they taste like it to me. They're the Darth Vader of snack foods.

Fritos have exactly three ingredients. Corn. Salt. Corn oil. That's it. Oh, I see someone else beat me to it.

Present it in such a way as the person figures that chili is a step on the worse side of what slides out of a Hormel can, and yeah, they aren't gonna think good thoughts.

As delicious as chili is, it typically doesn't look very appetizing no matter what. But that's fine. It's just more for me. Nachos don't look particularly appetizing either.

 

[pukunui]

Nachos don't look particularly appetizing either.

My children love nachos, but I can barely tolerate them. I sometimes just put some mince aside and make myself a hamburger and then eat some corn chips while the rest of the family chows down on the actual nachos.

So yeah - this “walking taco” thing doesn’t look particularly appetizing to me … and I do like Fritos!

 

[MGibster]

My children love nachos, but I can barely tolerate them. I sometimes just put some mince aside and make myself a hamburger and then eat some corn chips while the rest of the family chows down on the actual nachos.

Mince? MINCE!? That sounds like some suspicious foreign word to describe ground meat. I'm starting to suspect a lot of people participating in this thread aren't red blooded Americans. @Dannyalcatraz and I are happy to eat your Frito Pies whether you call them Walking Tacos or something else. We will continue to call them Frito Pies as God intended (it's in Leviticus I think).

I have to admit the critics are right in regards to its looks. Frito Pies don't look appetizing. But not everyone can be the belle of the ball. Sometimes you go for the gal with the best personality and Frito Pie has that in spades.